Fruitcore
Founded 2017 · 62 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors
fruitcore robotics builds industrial robots and humanoid automation systems, including its Industrial Humanoid Platform for demanding manufacturing tasks such as assembly, handling, and quality inspection. Its products range from single-arm industrial robots to dual-arm configurations and fully autonomous mobile humanoids for 24/7 industrial operation.
Also known as fruitcore robotics GmbH
Investors · 5
Company profile
researched Aug 2026fruitcore robotics is a German robotics and automation supplier that builds six-axis industrial robots, turnkey robotic cells and the software layer that runs them. Its hardware line is the HORST series, spanning the HORST600 G2 through HORST1500 G2, produced in Germany. Alongside the arms, the company sells "Plug & Produce" robotic solutions — pre-engineered complete systems for applications such as pick & place and machine tending — plus an ecosystem of accessories including grippers, sensors and software.
On the software side, the company offers horstOS, described as the central operating system that connects its robotics and automation components and makes them accessible to both human operators and AI, and Plexa Core 2.0, an intelligence layer built on horstOS that adds AI capabilities intended to interpret processes, optimise autonomously and automate tasks through agents. The company also markets PLEXA One, a modular industrial humanoid platform for flexible automation designed for 24/7 operation and manufactured in Germany. It frames this combination of AI agents, operating software and industrial humanoids as an "Industrial Physical AI Platform" for production.
Customer-facing services include free feasibility studies, a four-step project path from first site visit to delivery and setup, robot rental, training and an academy, service packages, support ticketing and a partner network.
Business model
fruitcore robotics sells industrial robot hardware and pre-configured robotic cells together with its own operating and AI software, complemented by services such as feasibility studies, commissioning, training/academy access, service packages and robot rental. Sales also run through partners, including machine-tool suppliers such as Sodick Deutschland, which integrate the company's modular robotic cells into their own turnkey offerings. [0]
Traction
Approximately 1,300 installed robot systems and around 5 billion real cycles run in the field; production in Germany since 2017. Customer references span series production, quality testing, laser marking and technical education. [0]
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Market position
The company presents itself as an industrial robot manufacturer offering an integrated hardware, operating-system and AI-agent platform for production automation, with more than 1,300 installed robot systems and manufacturing in Germany since 2017. [0]
Positioning centres on simplicity and speed of deployment: standardisation said to cut engineering effort by roughly 80%, commissioning in about four hours rather than months, payback in under six months, no-code programming and automation without a PLC, voice control, and operation without specialist staff. The company also cites German manufacturing, a design life of 50,000 operating hours and a six-year warranty on the drivetrain. [0]
Technology
The product stack combines six-axis industrial robots (HORST600 G2 to HORST1500 G2) with horstOS, a central operating system linking robotics and automation components and exposing them to human users and AI, and Plexa Core 2.0, an AI intelligence layer on top of horstOS that is designed to understand processes, optimise autonomously and act through agents. The company emphasises no-code programming, operation without a PLC, voice control, data security and "physical AI ready" systems, and offers PLEXA One, a modular industrial humanoid platform. [0]
Go-to-market
The company markets a structured four-week path from idea to automation: an initial visit to identify automation potential, a free feasibility study of the application, customer order, then delivery and setup within weeks. It supports this with direct consultation requests, a solution configurator, video calls, downloads, whitepapers and case studies, trade-show appearances, a customer portal, an academy and a partner-finder. [0]
Industrial manufacturers automating tasks such as machine tending, pick & place, laser marking and quality inspection, plus test laboratories and vocational/technical education. Named users include the fischer group (test cell for technological feasibility analyses and product development), SCHERDEL Marienberg, MBV AG (automated laser marking of perforated lids), Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik (test laboratory), Eugen Geyer GmbH (quality assurance), ROTH&EFFINGER GmbH, and the Gottlieb-Daimler-Schule 1 technical school. [0]
Geography
Headquartered in Germany with German manufacturing; the website is offered in German and English, and referenced customers include German firms as well as Switzerland-based MBV AG. [0]
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Key figures
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsThe company markets PLEXA One, labelled new on its website, as a modular humanoid platform for flexible automation suitable for 24/7 operation and made in Germany.
Plexa Core 2.0, labelled new on the company website, builds on horstOS and adds AI that interprets processes, optimises autonomously and automates via agents.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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primary sources listed
- fruitcore roboticsfruitcore-robotics.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Fruitcore do?
- German maker of HORST six-axis industrial robots, turnkey robotic cells and AI software for factory automation.
- Who are Fruitcore's investors?
- Fruitcore's investors include BLN Capital, Capricorn Venture Partners, KOMPAS VC, Matterwave Ventures, UVC Partners.